“Europe´s Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War”
The Thirty Years War was on of the longest and most devastating conflicts in European history. Nearly all the major European powers were drawn into this violent religious and political crisis, which raged across the continent between 1618 and 1648. It killed around a quarter of all Germans, with marauding bands of mercenaries laying waste […]
“Evil in Modern Thought. An Alternative History of Philosophy”
With a new afterword by the author – Susan Neiman. A compelling look at the problem of evil in modern thought, from the Inquisition to global terrorism Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For eighteenth-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as […]
“Fast Facts: Schizophrenia”
Fill the gap in your knowledge, fast! with Fast Facts – the ultimate medical handbook series (Raamatus on endise omaniku nimi)
“Fate Core System”
Name your game; Fate Core is the foundation that can make it happen. Fate Core is a flexible system that can support whatever worlds you dream up. Have you always wanted to play a post-apocalyptic spaghetti western with tentacle monsters? Swords and sorcery in space? Wish there was a game based on your favorite series […]
“Fibula, Fabula, Fact. The Viking Age in Finland”
“Were there Vikings in Finland?” Fibula, Fabula, Fact – The Viking Age in Finland is intended to provide essential foundations for approaching the Viking Age in Finland. The volume consists of a general introduction followed by nineteen chapters and a closing discussion. The nineteen chapters are oriented to provide introductions to the sources, methods and […]
“Fine Things”
Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff’s, New York’s most glamorous department store. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in San Francisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O’Reilly, […]
“Finland: Myth and Reality”
According to popular myth, the Finns are a nation living on the razor’s edge, in the shadow of Soviet power, forever walking a tightrope without a safetynet. In reality, as is shown by Max Jakobson in this book, Finland’s progress from the ordeal of the Second World War to present-day affluence and stability is a […]
“Five Proofs of Existence of God”
This book provides a detailed, updated exposition and defense of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God’s existence: the Aristotelian, the Neo-Platonic, the Augustinian, the Thomistic, and the Rationalist. It also offers a thorough treatment of each of the key divine attributes-unity, simplicity, eternity, omnipotence, omniscience, […]
“Folk Belief Today”
The e-publication is based on the collection of articles, published in 1995 by the Institute of Estonian Language and the Estonian Museum of Literature. Edited by Mare Kõiva & Kai Vassiljeva. In collaboration with Ume Kelam, Õie Sarv, Leidi Veskis, Ergo-Hart Västrik. Notes Taive Särg
“For Crying Out Loud: The World According To Clarkson Volume 3”
The publication of The World According to Clarkson in 2004 launched a multi-million-copy bestselling phenomenon. But to no avail. Jeremy’s one-man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And our hero’s still scratching his head at the madness of it all. But it’s not all bad. He’s learned a little along […]
“Foundation and Earth”
The Foundation novels The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the great masterworks of science fiction. An ingenious blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women determined to shield enlightened humanity from a ceaseless threat of darkness and ultimate annihilation. Foundation […]
“Foundation: A History of England Volume I”
Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, The Thames Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15,000 years ago, to the death in 1509 of the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII. In it, Ackroyd […]
“Friends, Lovers, Chocolate”
Isabel Dalhousie Novels Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is… well, perhaps a bit more challenging – particularly when […]
“From Atlantis to the Sphinx. Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World”
Revised & updated. Includes startling new revelations about the age of civilisation and the location of the lost city of Atlantis. In 1991 a Boston professor of geology made a shocking announcement – the Sphinx had been weathered by water, and not wind-blown sand as previously thought. This would make it thousands of years older […]
“From war to cold war – Anglo-Finnsh relations in the 20th century”
The so called “short twentieth century” saw Britain and Finland at war and in peace with each other. The Cold War created a troubled relationship between a major Western power and a frontline state within the Soviet sphere of interest, while the end of the conflict facilitated a transformation of their relations and views of […]
“Garnethill”
Maureen ODonnell wasnt born lucky. A psychiatric patient and a survivor of sexual abuse, she is stuck in a dead-end job and a secretive relationship with Douglas, a shady therapist. Her few comforts are making up stories to tell her psychiatrist, the company of her friends, and the sweet balm of whisky. She is about […]
“Generation Dead”
Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl with a crush. He’s strong and silent… and dead. All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring. Some teenagers who die aren’t staying dead. But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they are doing their best to […]
“Genesis Revisited (Earth Chronicles)”
Modern Technology . . . or Knowledge of the Ancients? Space travel . . . Genetic engineering . . . Computer science . . . Astounding achievements as new as tomorrow. But stunning recent evidence proves that as these ultramodern advances were known to our forfathers millions of yrsterdays ago . . . as early […]
“Genghis Khan: Life, Death and Resurrection”
Genghis Khan is one of history´s immortals: a leader of genius and the founder of the world´s greatest land empire – twice the size of Rome´s. His mysterious death in 1227 placed all at risk, so it was kept a secret until his heirs had secured his conquests. Secrecy has surrounded him ever since. His […]
